Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

स्तुत्वाऽथ तं महादेवं विष्णुर्देहे लयं ययौ । अथोवाच महेशानः पार्वतीं परमेश्वरः

Transliteration

stutvā'tha taṃ mahādevaṃ viṣṇurdehe layaṃ yayau | athovāca maheśānaḥ pārvatīṃ parameśvaraḥ

Translation

Après avoir loué ce Grand Dieu, Mahādeva, Viṣṇu se résorba de nouveau dans son propre corps. Alors Maheśāna, le Seigneur Suprême, s’adressa à Pārvatī.

Word by Word

• स्तुत्वा: having praised
• स्तुत्वा: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva (great god Śiva)
• महादेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (कर्मधारय): महा + देव; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• देहे: in the body
• देहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• लयम्: dissolution, absorption
• लयम्: Karma (Goal/object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ययौ: went, entered
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then)

• उवाच: said, spoke
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• महेशानः: Maheśāna (Śiva)
• महेशानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + ईशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (कर्मधारय): महा + ईशान; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पार्वतीम्: Pārvatī
• पार्वतीम्: Karma (Addressee/object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• परमेश्वरः: the Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वरः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (कर्मधारय): परम + ईश्वर; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (महेशानः इति सह समानाधिकरण)

Speaker

Sūta (narrative voice), with Śiva beginning to speak to Pārvatī at the end of the verse

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu completes a hymn to Mahādeva and dissolves back into his own form; Maheśāna turns to speak to Pārvatī, initiating a confidential teaching.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Viṣṇu
• Maheśāna
• Pārvatī
• Parameśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise culminates in inner absorption; the verse also highlights harmony between Viṣṇu and Śiva within Purāṇic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sets the narrative frame; the specific tīrtha is developed in the following verses of Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 261).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly in this verse; it functions as narrative transition into the tīrtha description.